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Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows

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Re: Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows

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author here - would love advice or tips on how to get dbus running so settings work well and other WMs work like Gnome.

Nice work. A few days ago I tried xfce4 with little luck, although xfce4-terminal + Xming get me pretty much everything I need. Windows ConHost.exe is a pretty poor terminal (specifically in terms of fonts and colors) but hopefully things will get better in time.

Regarding Dbus, I haven't had time to try this out yet: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4ea4w4/fyi_you_c...

Re: Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows

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Incredible. My fancy new Lenovo has gotten no use because they've made it impossible to install another operating system in it. I look forward to giving this a go.

Who have, Lenovo?

I have an Lenovo Thinkpad x220 running Ubuntu that I needed to set the BIOS to Legacy.
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